HONEY BUNCH 19/8/2013

Hi Guy's. Got called out to Divers Luck Vineyard last night to getthis little girl hit by a car. She was bleeding from the mouth and nose. Sheis a 4kg sub adult with no chip of course. She sat quetly in the basketovernight and was bright eyed and full of attitude this morning. She bit andscreeched when put in a clean basket and because she was trying to chew mythumb off I didn't get a look at her back legs. We went to Don this morningand he looked in her mouth, no injuries the blood was comimg from her nose.But when she tried to turn away from Don, her left leg stayed pointing inthe wrong direction. So I have left her with Don for X-Rays under a lightsedation. If the Femur is big enough Don will pin it, if not it will have tobe plaster. Lets hope for a pin, so much easier for her. Will let you knowwhat happens. Cheers Sue

20/8/2013

She saw Don this morning, Blood coming from nose, mouth and jaw OK. She hasa fractured lEft femur though, which is bad news. It's quite nasty and unstable. Don has put a cast on for a weekto see if it will stabilize. He will reX-Ray next Wed, and if it is stillunstable he will have to put a plate and pins. He is trying to avoid thatbecause of the risk of infection. At present she has gotten herself out ofthe basket and is sitting on logs in cot, this has been OK'd by Don. Cheers SUE

21/8/2013

Hi Guy's. Little Miss Honey Bunch refuses to stay in the basket so she issitting quite well on logs in the cot. Sue

28/8/2013

The little girl went back to the vet today to have her fracture re X-Rayed to see if it had stabilised in the cast. Unfortunately it hadn't so Don did his Orthopaedic magic and inserted a pin down the centre and put two screws in. This will make it as good as new, Don is really pleased with the result and himself. The X-Ray post surgery was quite spectacular. She went really well through the operation and sedation, but got very cold by the end of it all. Photos are of her warming up afterwards. She is now to have a couple of days complete rest which will be interesting as she is a bit of a busy body. Then back to Don for a check on Friday. Sue

31/8/2013

Honey Bunch is doing well. She saw Don on Friday for a check and he ishappy with her. She has a little bit of swelling in the left foot because of the plaster and I have to massage that. She doesn't like that at all, butotherwise she is eating really well and hasn't as yet attempted to get out of the basket. Sue

4/9/2013

Hi Guy's. Honey Bunch saw Don yesterday because her foot was a bit swollen.Don adjusted the cast because it was tight behind her knee. She is nowallowed to sit on logs as long as she doesn't go nuts and try and runaround.She's always hungry which is great. She doesn't have to go back tosee Don for three weeks, the pin will have been in for 4 weeks by then sue

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8/9/2013

Hi Guy's, this little girl has been in care 3 weeks! She has been in thecot all this time and is getting a bit sick of the whole thing. She has doneeverything she has been told! Don said to rest for a couple of days afterthe pin was inserted so she stayed put in the basket for a whole week. Sheis giving the leg every opportunity to heal properly. Don said she could siton logs so we thought a change of scenery might cheer her up. Noel has putsome logs and water tubes on the floor of a cage, so there is nowhere tofall. She stayed down low for 5mins then up she went! She now has leaf upand down. She is quite amazing when she climbs with the cast on, she is veryconfident Cheers Sue

10/9/2013

Just relaxing in my leaf !!!!!!

18/9/2013

Little Honeybunch is sitting in her cage not causing any problems. She manages just fine with the cast on and can walk across the cross logswithout killing herself. We have given up on the low logs as she refused to use them. The pin has been in 3 weeks today and there are another 3 weeks to go. She is not on any treatment,all we have to do is feed her and that is a pleasure. Cheers Sue

22/9/2013

Hi everyone,

a very quick update on dear little Honey Bunch who was transferred to me from Sue on Friday she is eating well, and as you can see she can get around even with the cast on her leg!

kind regards, Carmel

11/10/2013

Here's an update on Honey Bunch, the beautiful young female who was run over on Nelson Bay Rd on 19 August near Divers Luck Winery. Her left femur was broken. After 5.5 weeks the stainless steel rod and cast was removed last Friday. As you can see from the pictures she is improving but still limping badly. She has an appointment with the vet on Tuesday morning to have the stitches removed. Once she is moving around the cage better she will need time in the rehab facility before she can be released.

Honey Bunch is a gorgeous placid girl who seems not to be too stressed because she is not very mobile. She doesn't like pumpkin - one of the few - so she has lost a little weight.

I'll send you another update soon.

19/10/2013

Honey Bunch has had a busy day today. She moved into the rehab about 1.30, after she had checked out everything under the gunya and had a bite to eat she went for a walk. She tried many different ways to get out (see photos)....... sitting in the corner but that didn't work, climbing the crosslog that was on the ground but that didn't work, she tried asking Jay for help but that didn't work either so she gave up and went to have more to eat. She has been moving around all afternoon, she's had a couple of little accidents but she seems to have settled down a little bit now. We haven't given her the tree yet, maybe in a few days.

Rebecca

20/11/2013

We have had the OK to release HB over a week ago but she wouldn't come down out of the tree when we were around.... i.e. until yesterday ... she couldn't work out what I had done .. but thought she could jump to the tree anyway hence the washing basket ... when I had a good look at her leg wound it wasn't as good as I thought so we did a quick trip into Don ... He said ALL OK We released her at Michael Cottons ... he and his daughter Amy led to way.... Carmel came with us so there was a small group trekking through the bush... right up to our shoulders... ... We found a big tree with good tips ... Michael and Amy held the basket as HB climbed out onto the tree.. main trunk was quite big and the rain added to the degree of difficulty but she managed quite well ... not a long way up there was a fork and she was in her element ... She watched as we walked away ... wonder what they are thinking ....